The 1961 South African Grand Prix, formally titled the 8th International RAC South African Grand Prix, was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at Prince George Circuit, East London, South Africa on 26 December 1961. The race, run over 80 laps of the circuit, was won from pole position by Scotland's Jim Clark, driving a works Lotus-Climax. Englishman Stirling Moss finished second in a private Lotus-Climax, while Swede Jo Bonnier was third in a Porsche.
Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 80 2.06:49.2 1 2 Stirling Moss UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 80 + 15.7 2 3 Jo Bonnier Porsche System Engineering Porsche 79 + 1 Lap 4 4 Tony Maggs Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 79 + 1 Lap 6 5 Edgar Barth Porsche System Engineering Porsche 78 + 2 Laps 7 6 Syd van der Vyver Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Alfa Romeo 77 + 3 Laps 8 7 Doug Serrurier Scuderia Lupini Cooper-Maserati 77 + 3 Laps 12 8 Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo 76 + 4 Laps 15 9 Bob van Niekerk Ted Lanfear Lotus-Ford 76 + 4 Laps 16 10 Helmut Menzler Ecurie Wolman Lotus-Borgward 75 + 5 Laps 14 11 Adrian Pheiffer Adrian Pheiffer Cooper-Alfa Romeo 75 + 5 Laps 10 12 Bill Jennings Bill Jennings Jennings-Porsche 71 + 9 Laps 17 13 John Guthrie Ecurie Rhodes Cooper-Alfa Romeo 71 + 9 Laps 19 14 Don Philp Don Philp Quodra-Climax 70 + 10 Laps 11 15 Dave Wright Dave Wright Cooper-Climax 65 + 15 Laps 21 Ret Fanie Viljoen G. E. Mennie LDS-Climax 59 Engine 13 Ret Bill Dunlop Bill Dunlop Cooper-Alfa Romeo 31 Engine 23 Ret Gene Bosman Scuderia Alfa Lotus-Alfa Romeo 31 Accident 20 Ret Clive Trundell Clive Trundell Cooper-Climax 27 Ignition 22 Ret Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 16 Radiator 3 Ret Masten Gregory UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 9 Brake Pipe 5 Ret Ernie Pieterse Scuderia Alfa Heron-Alfa Romeo 7 Gearbox 9 Ret Bernard Podmore Bernard Podmore Lotus-Ford 5 Con-rod 18 DNS Bruce Johnstone Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax Practice Accident WD John Love A. H. Pillman LDS-Porsche Car Damaged
Notes Pole position: Jim Clark – 1:33.9 Fastest Lap: Jim Clark – 1:33.1 Doug Serrurier was also entered by Scuderia Alfa, to drive an LDS-Alfa Romeo, but did not drive this car during the event.
References
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Race results at Silhouet.com